Nigel Kneale is the quiet, grumpy titan that strides across the background of contemporary British genre fiction. The creator of Quatermass, Kneale’s work is angry, literate and passionately invested in the human condition while remaining totally aware of the damage we do ourselves. If you’ve never read, or heard, him before then you’ve read or …
We’re a few weeks out from the end of Peter Capaldi’s first year as Doctor Who, as well as the show’s most ambitious and almost successful Christmas special to date. As I’ve said elsewhere, I’m more invested in the show than I have been for years and that’s entirely down to the change in perspective …
The 12th Doctor is in: Silhouette, The Blood Cell and The Crawling Terror
The BBC have a deservedly lousy reputation when it comes to engaging with the SF fan community. A good chunk of that is the PTSD the generation who saw the 7th Doctor and Ace walk off into the sunset still suffer from. The rest is the unlovable combination of misunderstanding and contempt that has …
Fans of Fear and Wonder: How Geek Syndicate Saved The BBC From Itself